Benjamin Morgan Harrod papers, 1878-1910 | Louisiana Research Collection
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Collection Overview
Title: Benjamin Morgan Harrod papers, 1878-1910
ID: LaRC/Manuscripts Collection 253
Primary Creator: Harrod, Benjamin Morgan.
Extent: 2.0 Boxes
Arrangement: The collection is arranged by medium, beginning with correspondence; arranged chronologically, a minutebook, a speech, photographs, reports, and a bound volume. The collection is made up of two boxes.
Date Acquired: 00/00/1956. More info below under Accruals.
Subjects: American Society of Chemical Engineers., Flood control., Harrod, Benjamin Morgan., Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.)., Panama Canal (Panama) -- Construction., United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans District -- History., United States. Mississippi River Commission.
Forms of Material: Correspondence., Minute books., Photographs., Reports., Scrapbooks.
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Biographical Note
Subject/Index Terms
American Society of Chemical Engineers.
Flood control.
Harrod, Benjamin Morgan.
Isthmian Canal Commission (U.S.).
Panama Canal (Panama) -- Construction.
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers. New Orleans District -- History.
United States. Mississippi River Commission.
Administrative Information
Repository: Louisiana Research Collection
Accruals: Additional material added to the collection in 1963 and 1982.
Access Restrictions: Collection is open to the public. No known restrictions.
Use Restrictions: Physical rights are retained by the Louisiana Research Collection. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
Acquisition Source: Benjamin Morgan Harrod and Richard Foster.
Acquisition Method: Gift.
Preferred Citation: Benjamin Morgan Harrod papers, Manuscripts Collection 253, Louisiana Research Collection, Howard-Tilton Memorial Library, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70118.
Processing Information: Collection processed in 1974.
Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid information entered in Archon by LAC Group in 2011.
Other Note: OCLC Number: 729871103
Box and Folder Listing
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[Box 1: Correspondence, reports, photographs and other records],
[Box 2: Nineteenth century engineering text book],
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- Box 1: Correspondence, reports, photographs and other records
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1906 July 25-August 30
- The correspondence is between Benjamin Morgan Harrod, John F. Stevens (Chief Engineer, Culebra, Panama) and T.P. Shonts (Chairmen of the Isthmian Canal Commission) mainly concerning the construction of locks for the Panama canal.
- Folder 2: Correspondence, 1906 September 5-October 12
- The correspondence is between Benjamin Morgan Harrod, John F. Stevens (Chief Engineer, Culebra, Panama) and T.P. Shonts (Chairmen of the Isthmian Canal Commission) mainly concerning the construction of locks for the Panama canal.
- Folder 3: Minutebook, 1905 May 9-1907 January 11
- The minutebook contains the minutes of meetings 1-41 of the Engineering Committee of the Isthmian Canal Commission.
- Folder 4: Speech by Benjamin Morgan Harrod on the Panama Canal, 1910
- Folder 5: Photographs, circa 1905
a. Hotel for canal employees at Corozal
b. Hotel for canal employees at Culebra
c. Cottages for married employees at Corozal
d. Cottages for married employees at Cristobal
e. Colon hospital - general view
f. Ancon hospital - general view
g. Ancon hospital - grounds
h. Police station, Empire
i. First United States Court held on Canal Zone at Ancon
j. Opening of Panama waterworks system
k. Reservoir dam for panama water supply
l. Fumigating force, Panama
m. Canal administration building, Panama
- Folder 6: Report by J.E. Simpson on soundings and test piles at Algiers, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama, Pensacola, Florida, and Port Royal, South Carolina, 1889
- Folder 7: United States War Department, Office of the Chief Engineer, memorandum on the height of storm tides at United States costal fortifications, 1905 September 21
- Folder 8: Report by Benjamin Morgan Harrod to Flood Commission of Augusta, Georgia concerning flood control in the Augusta area, 1908 December 4
- Folder 9: Benjamin Morgan Harrod to Colonel W.H. Bixby, President, Mississippi River Commission, 1910 March 10
- Concerning the separation of the waters of the Mississippi River and of the Red and Atchafalaya Rivers.
- Folder 10: Scrapbook, 1878-1884
- Containing clippings relating to isthmian transits, the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya Rivers, and urban sewage systems.
- Folder 1: Correspondence, 1906 July 25-August 30
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